Toddler died hours after slipping on marble floor in her family's apartment

[Mr Gray]

I have stated the position in crystal clear terms but all you want to do as per usual form is nitpick and obfuscate.

To repeat, an English pathologist has no option but to carry out an autopsy on the body of any British National who dies overseas in unnatural circumstances. To refuse to do so would be highly irregular.

If Madeleine McCann's remains were found in Portugal an autopsy would be undertaken both in Portugal and the UK.  In such circumstances a second autopsy would be both routine and essential!

Depends what the first autopsy found and if histologic specimens and photographs were available....perhaps they weren't in this case

[Alfred R Jones]

Madeleine had all day to hit her head, be bitten by a snake with slow acting venom, develop Meningitis, get food poisoning blah blah blah yet there is no evidence to support any such premise and no reason why there would be a need to cover up a death caused by any such premise as far as I can see, so just what point are "sceptics" trying to make here?

[Eleanor]

She had all day to fall and hit her head. We don't know if there was any reason not to call an ambulance.

Why ever not?

[G-Unit]

And this would have necessitated a cover up why exactly?

That would be for those who covered up to know Alfred.

[Alfred R Jones]

That would be for those who covered up to know Alfred.

It is for those proposing the scenario to throw out some possible motives for a cover-up (perhaps with some supporting circumstantial evidence if at all possible) of accidental death caused by a bump on the head earlier in the day.

[Alfred R Jones]

Wasn't Madeleine in the crèche for the majority of the day prior to her disappearance (certainly it's one of the sticks used to beat her parents with) - so if she'd had an accident and hurt herself would it not have been logged in the crèche accident book?

[Eleanor]

It's always Time.  Or the lack of that kills these arguments.

[Mr Gray]

in this case a child died...pathologist reported a serious head injury as cause of death....parents deny any such injury happening....so how did the child die...no wonder there was a second PM

[Lace]

It's always Time.  Or the lack of that kills these arguments.

There just isn't any time span that would make sense for them to conceal Madeleine's body Eleanor.  They just couldn't have done it.

[Angelo222]

Instantly is hardly likely.  She was in bed asleep at 9pm, unless you think Gerry put her back to bed and left her unconscious for Kate to find.  Kate who then hid her body God knows where.

I believe the established fact is that nobody saw her after 5.30pm except her parents and it was they who raised the alarm after 10pm.

[Eleanor]

There just isn't any time span that would make sense for them to conceal Madeleine's body Eleanor.  They just couldn't have done it.

I know, Lace.  The Sceptics have been trying for nearly nine years, and failing miserably at every turn.  There simply wasn't enough time for any of these theses.

[Angelo222]

I don't believe there was a mishap indoors. What works for me and many British detectives who have looked at the disappearance is that she got out and then met with some sort of accident.

[Angelo222]

There is no instantly in these cases
It takes several hours for the pressure to build up to cause death

Poppycock davel.  A knock on the head can cause instant death.

[Eleanor]

I don't believe there was a mishap indoors. What works for me and many British detectives who have looked at the disappearance is that she got out and then met with some sort of accident.

But why was her body never found?

[Angelo222]

Depends what the first autopsy found and if histologic specimens and photographs were available....perhaps they weren't in this case

Weak answer davel and very uninformed if I might say so.  If Madeleine is found dead a post mortem examination will be mandatory in the UK regardless of any external factors.